Round 1 Eels V Broncos

[I'm a loser baby...]

And a good kicking game.

Even with our starting halves we're not going to have that.

 

[Noise]

Did anyone else see Gordon try to chase down the line break when Milford scored off the kick? He looked incredibly slow

 

[Poupou Escobar]

And a good kicking game.

Yeah we struggled when down to one kicker.

 

[forward pass]

Just thought i would add something i dont think anyone has mentioned.Brocs also had the advantage of playing in the world cup challenge.

Thats a few good hit outs before the NRL starts,i thought the brocs should have been alot better for there first NRL game.

Broncos only played one game in England against sub standard opposition really. We played a proper trial v Panthers so can't see much difference in preparation.

 

[Eelogical]

40/20's look hard to come by too. Any guesses on how many of those we'll kick this year?

 

[Noise]

The WCC is a hinderance. PLaying rubbish opponents in freezing conditions with a tonne of travel resulting jet lag.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

40/20's look hard to come by too. Any guesses on how many of those we'll kick this year?

Without Sandow we'll get as many as the other clubs. What's that, about two or three for the season?

 

[yy_cheng]

Kelly is average....He gets paid for being average. He is not in our top 17. And by rnd 6 he may be behind Cornish as well.

If we lost foran/norman id look at perhaps taka or gutherson at 5/8 and bringing in a back. Let the main half take control.
The other option would be Bevan. Has played half in under 20s.

Look Kelly in a team like Melbourne would go ok. But at parra we have a hooker and fullback who have no real ball playing skills. That means we rely on our halves to do all the work.

Penrith have average halves in Soward and Wallace but they have attacking weapons in Peachey-Cartwright-Moylan-Segyaroo.....
Dogs are more like us. Two halves who have to run the complete show. If one goes down they are in trouble to.

Cowboys halves are helped by having Granville and Coote. We do not have multiple play makers. Why the two we have need to play together most games or we wont win many!

Dogs pack had more ball playing ability

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Dogs pack had more ball playing ability

Yep. They only really need a second receiver on either side of the ruck. Gould suggested Hodkinson's move to Newcastle would benefit him because he was wasted at the Dogs.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

.@TheParraEels star Corey Norman has had CT scans and MRI on his neck. Ligaments are strained - but expected to play v Cowboys.

https://twitter.com/danny_weidler/status/705629875667755009

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

And Foran's hammy?

 

[strider]

And Foran's hammy?

Pretty sure the ct scan never showed forans hammy on cory's neck

 

[hindy111]

Foran was on radio this morning.Reckons his pain is coming from scar tissue. So once that all clears up should hopefully of solved all his hamstring problems for good.
He sounded more like its what he has been told and not 100% convinced himself but reckons he should be good to go next weekend.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Pretty sure the ct scan never showed forans hammy on cory's neck

Might be a worry if it did.

 

[Swiftstylez]

Cherry evans is chanelling luke kelly tonight, i hope this means foran was the good one

 

[phantom eel]

Titans look to have a dodged a bullet there. We definitely signed the classier and more reliable of the two imo.

 

[strider]

Manly are much better than this ... will taken em a bit of time to gel

 

[Gary Gutful]

More realiable? The merkin didn't even play in Rd 1. Doesn't strike me as particularly reliable.

 

[phantom eel]

True. How about reliable to deliver when on the field?

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Alvaro is a plodder
Peats is a plodder
Clinton is a plodder
Tepai is a plodder
Peni is a plodder
Junior Paulo is a plodder